To it, that small potted plant is an eternal prison.

Lin Qingliu was unwilling to waste too much time with Lachesis, so he asked again, also forcing the other party to make a choice:

"Choose for me! Live or die?"

"……live."

After hesitating for a moment, Lachesis finally made a choice.

It knew that it might never be able to escape, but at this moment the hope of survival overcame all other thoughts.

There would be nearly an eternity in the future to regret this decision, but that didn't matter anymore.

The body of the middle-aged man slowly fell down, and the potted plant in Lin Qingliu's hand swayed slightly in the wind, as if to show its docility.

This is one of the few actions that Lachesis can make at this moment, because as a potted plant, it has lost its five senses and thinking ability.

This was a fate worse than death for the Supreme Will of Mycelium, which once had thoughts and reason. Unfortunately, Lin Qingliu didn't care.

"Ten thousand volumes."

"I am here."

The AI on standby answered immediately.

"Send the order. There is no need to kill all the alien beasts. Return to the city before the black tide arrives. The state of martial law will continue. We still have one last problem to solve."

"yes."

"Results should be available within a few hours. If it takes a long time... we will proceed according to the plan we prepared in advance, so that mankind can steadily revive and restore the glory of the old era."

"……yes."

The cold mechanical voice of "Wanjuan" seemed to carry some other emotions.

"Don't be sad. The battle for humanity is over. What I need to deal with next is... my personal affairs."

After saying that, his figure flashed and disappeared again, leaving the signal coverage area again.

The next moment, Lin Qingliu appeared in a place he had always wanted to come to, but had always been on guard.

That is the "abyss" from which black matter is constantly gushing out.

At this moment, the black tide has swallowed up everything nearby. It seems like a pure black sea below, and nothing can be seen except sticky liquid.

Lin Qingliu extended his right hand to his chest, dug out the golden USB flash drive that could no longer be blurred from his burning flesh and blood, and held it tightly in his hand, completely ignoring the burning sensation that struck his soul.

He held the thing in front of him, looked at the intricate patterns on it, and smiled self-deprecatingly:

"I'm here to pay my debt."

As he finished speaking, he leaned back with his arms stretched out, and fell into the dark liquid in a posture that looked like a cross.

Lin Qingliu's body continued to sink in the sticky black tide, as if he would never reach the bottom.

As he continued to sink, he was able to see everything around him.

This planet is indeed an egg, but the eggshell does not have just one layer, but dozens of layers.

A structure combining mineral layers and biomass layers like the one beneath Hope City would have to be repeated dozens of times before it could actually penetrate the earth's crust, through the so-called "eggshell" and reach the inside of the "egg".

These dozens of layers of structure protect the truly important parts of the egg very well. Not to mention human spacecraft, even if a real asteroid attacks, it is difficult to damage the truly more valuable materials inside.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Qingliu felt something enveloping him, something invading his mind.

That power seemed to have the same origin as Lin Qingliu's power. He did not block it, but allowed that spirit to enter his brain.

In a trance, Lin Qingliu's spirit body received a stream of information, which contained a variety of information including emotions. He successfully analyzed the content:

"well done."

"Oh."

Lin Qingliu suddenly smiled:

"What's your name?"

"It will be all right."

"Then I'll call you 'system'. It's a complete beginning and an end."

“Good habit.”

"Don't you want to explain?"

"You should have guessed it."

"I still want to hear the standard answer."

"Oh, where do I start?"

The information flow fell into contemplation, and after a few seconds, new information came:

“I’ll try to explain it in a way that you can understand.

"I am a creature in the universe whose individual power has reached its limit. I have no relatives and no offspring.

“A long, long time ago, I had completely ascended to a higher level of life, discarded my physical body and completed my ascension.

“This planet is my former body. After losing me, it instinctively entered a defensive posture, condensing layers of shells to protect itself, and its body entered a liquid-like state like a pupa.

"So we have effectively split them up and can be considered two different individuals.

"My body was captured by the star here and turned into a planet. This lasted for a long time until... you humans and the life forms you call mycelium arrived on this planet.

"My body is too powerful. Its unconscious thoughts can even affect objective facts and even cause genetic changes. It also longs to give birth to new thoughts to fill my vacancies, so it will also allow powerful individuals to be born among your race to meet its needs.

"This force is what you call the 'biofield.'

“As for me… you can understand that I am the remaining spirit of my true ascended soul. I am here to guard my body, hoping that it will be satisfied one day.

"So I am your final choice?"

“Yes, but it’s not just you. The consciousness that calls itself Lachesis was also originally a choice, but faced with the devouring of biomass, it chose to retreat and give up, so only you are left.

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